Tornado Watch 521

Issued

Oct 2, 2014, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC)

Expired

Oct 3, 2014, 3:08 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

30%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

10%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

60%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1804Oct 2, 7:35 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1806Oct 2, 9:26 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1808Oct 2, 11:50 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 030314
SEL1  
SPC WW 030314
LAZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-031000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 521
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1010 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
  NORTHERN...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1010 PM
  UNTIL 500 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75
    MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF NATCHEZ
MISSISSIPPI TO 95 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 519...WW 520...

DISCUSSION...QLCS WITH HISTORY OF WIND DAMAGE...ISOLATED MEASURED
SVR GUSTS...FEW STG MISOCYCLONES...AND A RECENT TORNADO REPORT IN
CRAIGHEAD COUNTY AR...IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN PRIMARY DAMAGING-GUST
THREAT AS IT MOVES OVER WW AREA.  ORGANIZATION OF MCS SHOULD LESSEN
NEAR E EDGE OF WW...ESPECIALLY OVER MID TN AND NERN MS...AS IT
ENTERS PROGRESSIVELY LOWER-THETAE AIR MASS.  HOWEVER...FAVORABLY
LARGE WARM-SECTOR HODOGRAPHS SHOULD SUPPORT SVR POTENTIAL IN
MEANTIME.  TORNADO RISK ALSO MAY EXIST FROM SMALL/ROTATING CELLS
AHEAD OF MAIN LINE.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.


...EDWARDS

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.